Picture-frame.



L. D. BENTON `& C. E.'WIRTH. PICTURE FRAME. APPLICATION FILED NOV. II, I9I4. 1,170,137. Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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LEWIS DBEN'ION, OF HAMDEN, AND CHARLES E. WIRTH, 0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PICTURE-FRAME..

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Feb. 1, 191e.

Application filed November 11, 1914. Serial No. 871,502.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Lnwrs D. BENTON and CHARLES E. VIRTH, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Hamden and Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Picture-Frames; and we do hereby declare the following, 'when takenl in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 a face view of a picture frame constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 a top view of the same. Fig. 3 a top view of one end of the strip from which the frame is formed. Fig. d a top view of the other end of the strip. Fig. 5 a sectional view on the line a-bof Fig. 1. Fig. 6 a sectional view on the line c-Z of Fig. 1. Fig.V 7 a broken plan view of the strip asformed before bending. Fig. 8 a sectional vview illustrating a modified form ofjthe edge portion of the frame.

This invention relates to an improvemen in picture frames formed from .metal and comprising an edge with front and back flanges between which a picture with its glass, filling and back may be placed, the metal frame forming a binder.

The object of this invention is a simplev construction whereby the frame mayl be formeel from one or more strips of metal, the ends of which are firmly locked and the frame provided with a suspending eye; and the invention consists in Certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In carrying out our invention we preferably employ a strip of metal slightly longer than the combined dimensions of the picture to be framed. This strip .is of U-shape in cross-section and includes an edge part 2, front flange 3 and rear flange 4. The central part 2`may be fiat as indicated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, or it may be rounded as indicated in Fig. 8. At suitable points the flanges are formed with angular notches 5 and 6 to permit the strip to be bent or curved to form the frame of the desired central part is cnt away,

shape. At one end the flange 3 and a portion of the central part are cut away leaving a finger 7 which is perforated as at 8, andl a lug 9; At the opposite end of the strip the flange 4: and a slight portion of the and' in the central part a slot 10 is formed, the length ofthe slot corresponding to the combined width ofthe finger T and lug 9, which, when the ends are brought together, are adapted to pass through the slot. lThe picture 11 with itsl glass 12 and backing 13, with a filler 14, if necessary, are placed together, and-the strip or sections folded about them so that theliange 3V overlaps the edge of the glass, v

and the flange et overlaps the edge of the back, the notches 5- and 6 permitting the strip to be bent to the desired shape.l The ends of the strip or sections overlap and the,V

fingers Tand lugs 9 pass through the slots 10. The lugs 9v are then lturned down as Vclearly shown in' Fig. 6, overlapping the other end of the strip which firmly locks the ends of the strip or sections together. -The finger V7 with its perforation projecting beyond the outer edge of the frame forms al convenient device byV which Vthe frame may v be suspended.

IVe claim A picture frame formed from a strip of metal bent to U-shape, said strip comprising a central part with. integral front and rear flanges, said flanges notched at intervals, and bent to the desired shape one end of the central part formed with a perforated finger and with a lug at one side of the iinger and the other end of the central part formed with single longitudinal slotv through which the finger and the lug project, the lug being turned down on the surface of the 'overlapping ends, whereby the ends are interlocked and a suspension eye provided for i the frame.

In testimony whereofwe have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses..

L. D. BdillbTION.l CHAS. E. WIRTI-I.

Witnesses: i'

FREDERIC C. EARLE,

M. P. NICHOLS.4

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Washington, D. C. 1 Y 

